Saputo, open letter to Bologna: “This victory is yours”

“Bologna won.” Joey Saputo wrote a letter to the city, that city that did so “honorary citizen” and that he chose in 2014 trying to grow, evolve, climb, create credibility and respect. And possibly to win, what happened in a night that brought the world back 51 years for the third victory in the Italian Cup of the club’s history. His letter to the city obviously does not take anything away from the merits to the team but wants to set the moment of the moments of a president who simply kept the promise made. “When I arrived – he also recently told – I said” Give me ten years and I will take you to Europe “. And after 10 years it happened. It took time”. This is the story.

Thanks, Bolognesi

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And here is the text for Bologna. “Wednesday evening at the Olimpico won Bologna -writes Joey Saputo -. Our boys, led by Vincenzo Italiano on the field, were fantastic and deserved the victory. But the thirty thousand who colored the stadium provided a fundamental push, with a moving choreography and an extraordinary participation for the whole game. For this I want to thank one by one all the Bolognese who faced the trip to Rome and even the many who have crowded the squares and the premises of Bologna to cheer from afar.

Sales

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The data are made: increase of 65-70% in the turnover compared to the past years, the Champions League revenues (over 30 million euros) and the excellent sales (Zirkzee and Calafiori) brought for the first time the discounts of the 200 million. The victory of the Italian Cup helps even more because in any case the brand-bologna has grown and expanded, then the Europe that will come (the Europa League is guaranteed), perhaps the Champions League for which Bologna absolutely does not want to give up anything. In short, growth: because from that arrival with promotion in Serie A the ascent was slow but inexorable, also made of thirteenth and twelfth placed until the turning point recognized by everyone, or the 2018-19 salvation by Sinisa Mihajlovic, the man who left a human imprint on a working group-the hard core inside and off the pitch-who has been able to carry on ambition and principles. The story of Saputo is a crescendo of which you cannot help but shore up the key moments: the promotion, in fact, the touching of Europe in the first year of Motta with the hyperspace reached in 2024 (fifth place and Champions League) and then fly to the third Italian Cup with Italian in command.

From Ara

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Known is also in the fabric of the city, since he arrived. Awarded honorary citizenship on 10 September 2024 and now his next challenge is the restyling of Dall’Ara. “The Bolognese – he said to Canadian TV a short time ago – leave us work in peace and if they let us work we show that we are there for them. For me a very important thing is that one who arrives in a foreign country must know and know where to be. I have never been one who has criticized Italian football or criticized the referees or how things are made: instead there are many foreigners who would like to change everything without wanting to understand the culture of Italian football. And it is respected: we have an CEO that has been in football for many years (Fenucci, ed) and with the decisions we take we are respected. In Bologna, his son Luca works in the club’s scouting, the youngest (Jesse) plays in the youth: he learned more and more Bolognese. “The Restyling of the Dall’Ara? The mayor opened the door, we work together for the development of the projects and this gives you the desire to do and invest. The initial costs were 100 million and now we have reached 220 million. Let’s see if there may be a collaboration with the government and the municipality with a 2032 European perspective”. After you.